Whether you’re a new tire retailer, an automotive service center, or a used tire retailer or wholesaler, you will have to properly dispose of your waste tires at some point.
The decision as to how to do this is not always easy. Many cities and states are enacting “manifest” programs, requiring proper documentation from service centers, retailers and wholesalers alike, as to how they are recycling their tires. Choosing the wrong avenue for disposing of your tires could end up costing you. It is important that you consider partnering with a reputable tire recycling company. These companies hold all of the proper permits required by localities and states and oftentimes carry insurance in excess of the minimum requirements, providing you with peace of mind and great service.
Tire Recycling Companies and the Environment
Your company can help to promote a cleaner and greener environment by partnering with a tire recycling company. These companies are committed to new and exciting ways to give new life to old tires. After any tires with remaining life have been properly sorted out for reuse, the highest form of recycling, the rest are reduced in size and sent along their journey to becoming processed into other products, including:
- Rubber asphalt for highway pavement
- Playground surfaces
- Removable speed bumps
- Tire-derived fuel (TDF; burns cleaner than coal, lower greenhouse gas emissions)
- Drain fields for septic systems
- Stabilized riverbanks and slopes
Business Benefits
Decrease your worries and focus on your core business by partnering with a reliable tire removal and recycling company. These are just a few of the many benefits your business will experience when you seal the deal:
- Save Time
Once you partner with a tire removal and recycling company, you’ll find you and your employees have much more time to devote to selling and mounting top-of-the-line products, and attending to your customers’ needs. Experienced tire recycling companies can set up custom tailored service schedules based on your specific needs. There’s no need to call them, as they have your service needs already programmed into a regular schedule.
- Save Money
The fees charged by reputable tire recyclers actually cost you less than the total costs associated with either taking time away from your business to haul tires yourself or hiring a company that is not properly equipped to perform this service. - Peace of Mind
Just like motor oil and other automotive service byproducts, old tires have to be properly discarded, whether your state has a manifesting program or not. Partnering with a reputable tire recycling company ensures that your tires are recycled in an eco-friendly manner and are not causing harm to the environment or being disposed of improperly. When their truck drives away, you know with confidence that your tires are headed to a much greener pasture, so to speak. You also have the added assurance that you are in compliance with all local and state laws, and your costs related to these old tires end with the reasonable invoice that you pay for this all-important service. - Attract More Customers
Customers are now becoming more in tune with being environmentally friendly, and they now want to know, “what happens to my old tires?” When you use a tire collector that recycles tires as well as reuses them, you can pass this information along to existing and potential customers. When they learn of your partnership, they’ll feel more comfortable working with you, and they just might tell a few environmentally friends and colleagues, helping to grow your business!
This article was written by Paul Arellano, sales and marketing manager at Lakin Tire. Lakin Tire serves more than 5,000 top retailers across the country. Visit Lakin’s website to learn more about Lakin’s tire removal services.
